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Monday 1 June 2009

Potent "Tomato Pill" Launched As New Approach To Treatment Of High Cholesterol

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new pill that contains a potent version of the naturally occurring compound lycopene, a carotenoid found in tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables, was launched today as a new approach to the treatment of high blood...
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Flu Pandemic Likely To Strike UK In The Autumn Says Expert

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A leading expert has warned that the UK can expect to be hit by a swine flu pandemic in the autumn when students go back to school and university. John Oxford, professor of virology at St Bartholomew's (Barts) hospital in...
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Herceptin Improves Survival In Stomach Cancer Patients

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

A new study showed that the breast cancer drug Herceptin improved survival in patients with HER2-positive stomach cancer, an aggressive form of the disease. The study (called the ToGA study) was led by Eric Van Cutsem, a...
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What Is Bursitis? What Causes Bursitis?

What Is AMD? What Is Macular Degeneration?

START Trial Will Show Whether Therapeutic Vaccine Stimuvax Has Potential To Extend Lung Cancer Survival Beyond Five Years

The Dangers Of Stimulant Chewing Gum

Other Medical and Health News for 1 June*

Cancer Risk In Delaying Sex Assignment Surgery

Poxel SAS Set Up To Find Innovative Solutions For Metabolic Diseases Management

Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) Opens RAPS Europe In Brussels

Newly Identified Genes May Help Improve Treatment For Melanoma Patients, Pitt Study Finds

Agendia Supports Genentech's Citizen's Petition Urging FDA To Hold In-Vitro Diagnostic Tests To One Set Of Scientific And Regulatory Standards

CNP Supplements Helps British Troops Train In Afghanistan

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. Completes Enrollment Of CaRES Registry To Further Evaluate Definity(R) In Patients With Suboptimal Echocardiograms

Cook Medical Sponsors Global Exchange Programme For Urologists

Mac Researchers Find "surprising Link" Leads Towards A New Antibiotic

Sequel Systems Urges Hospital-Based And Managed Services Organizations To Adopt E-Prescribing Procedures

A New UK Survey Suggests Primary Care Clinicians Need Clearer Post-Mi Guidelines To Provide Their Patients With Optimal Care

Devax Receives IDE Approval To Commence DIVERGE II

Obama's Embryonic Stem Cell Proposal Goes 'Only Halfway' To Improving Research, Columnist Says

Massachusetts, Tennessee Health Plans Might Offer Ideas On U.S. Health Care System Overhaul

Editorials Discuss Reform, Taxation Of Health Benefits

Thai HIV/AIDS Advocates Urge Increased Treatment Access For IDUs

Hispanics In Massachusetts Less Likely To Visit Physicians, Survey Finds

NHS Healthcare Science Research Projects Awarded Over £1 Million

New Form Of Targeted Antibody Therapy Offers Further Hope To Patients With Incurable HER2-positive Breast Cancer

Interventional Radiology For Treating Conditions Specific To Women

Fifteen Approved Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Added To Pharmaceutical Substances Version 3.2

Boehringer Ingelheim To Present New Phase II Clinical Data On Two Lead Oncology Compounds At ASCO 2009

First Novel H1N1 Influenza Cases Confirmed In Baldwin, Colbert And Dale Counties

New Foster Care Program In Romania Brings Mental Health Benefits To Preschool Children

London Professor Wins Clinical Psychology Award, UK

MDS Nordion Opens New Radiopharmaceutical Production Facility In Belgium

"What Must EPS Pilot Prove?" Asks NPA

Clinical Handover - Critical Communications

The Simpsons And Smoking

Use Of Lawyers Linked To Increased Health Care Utilisation Among Trauma Patients, Australia

Columnists Respond To Selection Of Sotomayor As Supreme Court Nominee

Data Ranks Insurers According To Speed Of Claim Payment, Share Of Denials

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries

Report Estimates Significant Impact Of Widespread Circumcision Effort In Botswana

California-Based Desert AIDS Project To Hold Retreat Targeting Hispanics Living With HIV/AIDS

The Depression Test

Non-Surgical Treatment For Pre-Cancerous Condition Of Esophagus Is Effective And Reduces Risk For Cancer Development

GTCbio Announces Its 4th Annual Assay Development And Screening Technologies Conference Taking Place On June 8-9, 2009 In San Francisco

New Jersey Doctors Now Delivering Non-Invasive, Image-Guided Radiosurgery Treatments Using Novalis Tx™ Technology

Varian Medical Systems Introduces The PaxScan 3030+ X-Ray Image Detector For Interventional Angiography

Doctor Formulated "Natural TMJ Relief" Now Available

Patients With Flu Like Symptoms Should Call Their GP First

Can Inflammatory Arthritis Be 'Worse Than Death'?

World Heart Federation Warns That Burden Of Tobacco Epidemic Continues To Worsen Societies And Economies - 6 M People Will Die And $500 Billion Lost

Keep An Eye On Harmful UV Rays

APhA Publishes The Practitioner's Quick Reference To Nonprescription Drugs

Eversheds Comment: NHS Told To Tighten Data Security

ProspectIP Has Agreed Licensing Deals For Two Inventors And Products, A Device That Aims To Prevent (DVT) And A Safety Opener For Glass Vials, UK

Seminar Series Looks At Women's Health In The 21st Century

British Thyroid Association Survey To Assess Levels Of Dietary Iodine In The UK

Encouraging Heart Failure Patients To Enjoy Their Food -- Even If It's Not As Salty As Before

Key To Improving Prognosis In Acute Heart Failure - Better Treatment Selection And Improved Therapies

Nebraska Legislature Advances Ultrasound Viewing Bill

Obama Says Health Reform Must Be Done This Year

Nevada Assembly Passes Bill To Protect Physicians On J-1 Visas

HIV Prevention Efforts In Five African Countries Not Reaching At-Risk Groups, Report Says

Researchers Plan To Target Immune Cells Responsible For Eluding Antiretroviral Treatment

In Metastatic Kidney Cancer, 2-Drug Combination Appears Safe And Active

Genetic Risk Factor For Testicular Cancer Discovered By Penn Researchers

Combined Stem Cell Gene Therapy Approach Cures Human Genetic Disease In Vitro

The New York Stem Cell Foundation Awards Fellowships To Four Innovative Stem Cell Scientists

The National Association Of Boards Of Pharmacy (NABP) Moves To Next Phase Of Technician Recognition And Regulation

Research Suggests New Cellular Targets For HIV Drug Development

MAGI's 2009 Clinical Research Conference - WEST

Scottsdale Healthcare Is West's Only Clinical Research Site For "Dream Team" Pancreatic Cancer Research Studies

California's Private Employer Health Premiums Increased 138% Last Decade; Healthy Families & Medi-Cal Premium Increases Substantially Lower

AAKP Meets With Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services Regarding Passage Of Mippa And Chronic Kidney Disease Education

Hospitalization Of The Poor Much Higher For Asthma, Diabetes And Other Potentially Preventable Diseases

Whistleblower Case Against Healthways, Inc. Settled For $40,000,000

Acute Heart Failure: Recognizing Signs And Symptoms

Novel Biomarkers In Heart Failure At Heart Failure Congress 2009

During Pregnancy Obese Women Should Not Gain Weight, Study Suggests

Link Between Pressure To Look Attractive And Fear Of Rejection In Men And Women

Critical Appraisal Of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Technology Is Focus Of Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics Supplement

Sexual Crimes: Narrow Window For Detection Of Knock-Out Drugs

Sugar Tags On Nuclear Proteins Have An Important Developmental Function

Health Outcomes Explored At DDW 2009: Environmental Pollution Increases The Risk Of Liver Disease

Article In Medical Decision Making: FDA Ignores Critical Information On Home HIV Tests

Obama Nominates Hispanic Roman Catholic Theologian For Vatican Ambassador

Sen. Kennedy Circulates Draft Of Health Reform Legislation

Texas Senate Passes CHIP Expansion Bill, Avoiding Legislative Backlog, Deadlines

Issue Brief Examines Social Security COLA, Medicare Part B Premium

Legislation Needed To Boost HIV/AIDS Efforts In Solomon Islands, Health Official Says

Efforts Call For Reducing Suicide Among Alaska Native, American Indian Youth; Provide Health Information For Asian, Pacific Islander Communities

Safe New Treatment Combination For Head And Neck Cancer Patients

Breakthrough In The Quantum Control Of Light Could Impact Drug Design

New Device Is A Quicker, Cheaper SARS Virus Detector -- One Easily Customizable For Other Targets

Playing Music To Premature Babies May Improve Feeding, Reduce Pain

Identifying Genetic Markers Related To Drug Induced Liver Injury

Parents' Influence On Children's Eating Habits Is Small, New Study Finds

Light-Treatment Device Developed To Improve Sleep Quality In The Elderly

One In Ten Advanced Colon Cancer Patients Worry About Prescription Drug Costs

Age Of Colon Cancer Patients Affects Chemotherapy Combination Outcomes

NIH Funds Work At WPI On Regenerating Heart Tissue And Preventing Urinary Tract Infections

Textbook Chronicling Four Decades Of Alzheimer's Research

Cancer Research Partnership Between UCSF, MMRF To Drive Drug Development

2009 American Transplant Congress (ATC), Boston

Indiana U. Research At The American College Of Sports Medicine Conference

Results From 8 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials Presented At Heart Failure 2009

Risk Of Heart Failure Doubled By Obesity And Diabetes -- Patients With Both Conditions 'Very Difficult' To Treat

Telemonitoring Systems At Heart Failure Congress 2009

Seniors' Communication Skills Adversely Affected By Hearing, Voice Problems

For Most Late-Stage Colorectal Cancers Surgery Is Not Necessary

Drug Combination Improves Outcome For Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Important Prevention Tips For Young Female Athletes, Ballerinas

Omega Fatty Acid Balance Can Alter Immunity And Gene Expression

Novel Findings Presented By Pitt Melanoma Researchers At ASCO

IFAR Contributes To Study That Finds Genes That Influence The Start Of Menstruation

Better Patient Outcomes From Minimally Invasive Stroke Treatment Than Surgical Operation

How Neuronal Activity Is Timed In The Brain's Memory-Making Circuits

White House Reassures Abortion-Rights Advocates Of Sotomayor's Views On Roe

Blogs Comment On Supreme Court News, Pregnant Prisoner Health Care, Withdrawal Method, Other Topics

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